A new renewable fuel technology, ethanol-based green diesel capable of replacing fossil diesel, was presented this Thursday at the Fenasucro fair, in Sertãozinho, in the interior of São Paulo, and has aroused interest from mills and investors, said an executive. one of the companies involved in the project.
The so-called Green QDiesel, developed by the Brazilian companies Duo Automation and Quadra, is composed of 96.8% of bioethanol and 3.2% of additives, which allow the vehicle to be ignited by compression (cycle diesel), giving the same lubricity as fossil diesel oil, said the director of R&D and Technological Innovation at DUO Automation, Marcos Daniel de Lima, during the event.
He pointed out that the fuel has already been successfully tested in various types of engines, from trucks to harvesters, and will now enter the approval phase by automakers.
“We are opening negotiations with interested investors to implement the green substitute for diesel in the national and world markets. We have funds and companies interested, we are negotiating these possibilities”, stated Lima, in a presentation, according to information from the press office for the event.
He also said that there are two groups of sugarcane mills already waiting for the implantation of factories of the green product in their units, after the approvals.
“We are open to anyone interested in participating in this ethanol revolution.”
According to the executive, ethanol-based green diesel could be used mainly for the so-called heavier vehicles, considering that light vehicles tend to enter, in the future, more strongly in the electrification process, in a context of greater demand for less expensive fuels. pollutants.
For sugarcane mills, he pointed out, green diesel would be a big deal, also because the sector is a large consumer of diesel, with annual consumption estimated at 2 billion liters.
Urban buses in large capitals would be a market of over 1 billion liters, while the North American market would also be a buyer, commented Lima.
He did not comment on which groups were interested in the new technology.
Sources: investing.com
